GAZETTEER OF COLORADO. 101 
Atlas sheet. 
Larimer — Continued. 
ersed by Front and Medicine Bow ranges. The western 
portion comprises North Park, an elevated tract of rolling 
plain. The area is 4,337 square miles, of which 7 per cent, 
or 1 80,353 acres, were under cultivation in 1900. The popu- 
lation in 1900 was 12,168; and of Fort Collins, the county 
seat, 3,053. In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 
13° 25' east. The mean annual rainfall is about 16 inches, 
and the mean annual temperature 40° to 45°. 
Larimer; station in Pueblo County on Denver and Rio Grande 
Railroad; altitude, 5,780 feet. 
Larkspur ; butte in Douglas County Castle Rock. 
Larkspur; station in Douglas County, on the Atchison, Topeka, 
and Santa Fe and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads; 
altitude, 6,657 feet ( Jastle Rock. 
Larson; creek in Hinsdale County, a left-hand branch of Lake 
Fork Gunnison River Lake City. 
Lasalle; post village in Weld County on Union Pacific Rail- 
road ; altitude, 4,676 feet Greeley. 
Las Animas; county in the southern part of the State; bounded 
on the north by Pueblo, Otero, and Bent counties, on the 
east by Baca County, on the south by New Mexico, and 
on the west by Huerfano and Costilla counties. Its surface 
consists of rolling plains sparsely settled in the western 
part, but more thickly populated in the eastern portion, 
where the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Colorado 
and Southern, and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads 
have promoted development. The area is 4,802 square 
miles, of which 1 per cent, or 38,441 acres, were under cul- 
tivation in 1900. The population in 1900 was 21,842; and 
of Trinidad, the county seat, 5,345. In 1900 the average 
magnetic declination was 12° 00 7 east. The mean annual 
rainfall is about 15 inches, and the mean annual tempera- 
ture 50° to 55°. / 
Animas; post town and county seat of Bent County on 
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; population in 
1900, 1,192; altitude, 3,884 feet Las Animas. 
as Animas; river in Las Animas County, a left-hand branch 
of Purgatory River, 
asauses; post village in Conejos County. 
ias Pinos; creek in Rio Grande County, a right-hand branch 
of Rio Grande. 
ast Chip Junction; station on Denver and Rio Grande Rail- 
road; altitude, 10,301 feet. 
ast Dollar; station in Teller County, on the Colorado Springs 
and Cripple Creek District and the Florence and Cripple 
Creek railroads, 
ast Resort; creek in Jefferson County, a left-hand branch of 
North Fork South Platte River Platte Canyon. 
urium; village in Summit County, 
valley; post village in Costilla County. 
vender; post village in Dolores County. 
